Pocket Opera

About Pocket Opera

Donald Pippin, Artistic Director

Pocket Opera presents professional performances of operatic works in intimate, intelligible productions at affordable prices.

Donald Pippin's approach to opera is to tell the story in the clearest manner possible. He once said that there is "a whole category of operas where, if you don't know the story on the way to the theatre, you won't know it on the way home, either." With Pocket Opera presentations it is really possible to know the plot of the opera on the way home. Pippin brings the story to life via his nationally recognized English versions of opera libretti, in which he translates the spirit of the work rather than word by word, with complete fidelity to the composer's musical intentions.

Pocket Opera performances are accompanied by the Pocket Philharmonic, a chamber orchestra of eight to fifteen musicians, led by Donald Pippin from the piano.

Professionally trained singers perform for Pocket Opera. Pocket Opera alumni may be found in opera houses around the world. Singer Auditions are held in San Francisco each fall.

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